I've separated the stories told to me by various people, about various
people. Some are true and some have turned out to be ... not quite so
true! That's what genealogy is all about. A lot is speculation, some
things can be verified by official documentation as fact, others will
never be proved one way or another. For me the fun is trying to ascertain
the truth behind the myth.

So on the following pages is what I've been told over the years, mostly by
people no longer around.